HMRC International Tax Benchmarking Study Comparing 10 Administrations

HM Revenue & Customs' international tax benchmarking study compares HMRC's operational performance to nine other international tax administrations. The work is part of HMRC's research activities to identify leading practices and improvement opportunities. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06 17 and is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking government agency performance based on operational metrics mentioned in the description
• Identifying international best practices in tax administration based on comparative analysis
• Informing policy improvements for tax authorities based on performance gaps
• Academic research on public sector efficiency and comparative governance

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative UK tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs.
• Explicitly compares operational performance across 10 international tax administrations.
• Last updated on 2026-06-17, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or institutional bias inherent to the selected administrations.

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue & Customs

Collection Method

Comparative research study as part of HMRC's international benchmarking programme.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17.

Geography

International, includes the UK and nine other countries.